SUNY Essay Topics

All essays should be between 250 - 500 words.

1. Choose an issue impacting your high school, community, country or the world and why it is important to you.

2. If the campus you are applying to had only one space left in its freshman class, why should that space be offered to you?

3. How would your academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences add to the diversity of a college campus?

4. Tell us about a person or experience you have encountered. Describe how that encounter challenged you and resulted in personal growth.